porridgenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈpɒr.ɪdʒ/us/ˈpɔːr.ɪdʒ/porridge noun [ U ] (FOOD)
mainly UK US usually oatmeal a thick, soft food made from oats boiled in milk or water, eaten hot for breakfast
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Cereals
- arborio
- barley
- basmati
- bran
- brown rice
- cornflakes
- durum wheat
- granola
- gruel
- hominy
- millet
- muesli
- oat
- oatmeal
- oats
- short-grain rice
- sorghum
- wheat
- wheatgerm
- wild rice
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porridge noun [ U ] (PRISON)
UK slang a period of time spent in prison:
He did ten years porridge for armed robbery.
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Putting people in prison
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasure idiom
- bang
- bang sb up
- bar
- behind bars idiom
- bird
- hold
- immured
- imprison
- incarcerate
- internment
- jail
- lock
- pen
- restraint
- rot
- rot in jail, prison, etc. idiom
- send
- send sb down
- serve
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